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celebrating
Overview of verb celebrate
The verb celebrate has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) observe, celebrate, keep -- (celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur")
2. (6) celebrate, fete -- (have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating")
3. (2) lionize, lionise, celebrate -- (assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna")
Antonyms of verb celebrate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb celebrate
3 senses of celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
=> meet, get together
Sense 3
lionize, lionise, celebrate
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb celebrate
2 of 3 senses of celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
=> commemorate, mark
=> mourn
=> solemnize, solemnise
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
=> jubilate
=> revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
=> party
=> receive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb celebrate
3 senses of celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
=> meet, get together
Sense 3
lionize, lionise, celebrate
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
'Cause To' of verb celebrate
Derived Forms of verb celebrate
2 of 3 senses of celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
RELATED TO>(noun) celebration#1
=> celebration, jubilation
RELATED TO>(noun) celebration#3
=> celebration, solemnization, solemnisation
RELATED TO>(noun) celebration#2
=> celebration, festivity
RELATED TO>(noun) celebrant#1
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
RELATED TO>(noun) celebrator#1
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
RELATED TO>(adj) celebratory#1
=> celebratory
RELATED TO>(noun) celebration#1
=> celebration, jubilation
RELATED TO>(noun) celebration#2
=> celebration, festivity
RELATED TO>(noun) celebrant#1
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
RELATED TO>(noun) celebrator#1
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
Domain of verb celebrate
Domain Terms of verb celebrate
Familiarity of verb celebrate
celebrate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb celebrate
3 senses of celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
lionize, lionise, celebrate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb celebrate
2 of 3 senses of celebrate
Sense 2
celebrate, fete
> meet, get together
=> pick up
=> reunite
=> rendezvous
=> visit, call in, call
=> celebrate, fete
Sense 3
lionize, lionise, celebrate
> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
=> lionize, lionise, celebrate
=> tolerate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb celebrate
Sense 1
observe, celebrate, keep
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Sense 2
celebrate, fete
=> meet, get together
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Sense 3
lionize, lionise, celebrate
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
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Grep of verb celebrate
celebrate
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